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visualintel > KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Tech. Sgt. Gerry Lawrence inspects medical equipment used by pararescuemen with the 31st Rescue Squadron Airmen during water and ground training here.  He is assigned to the squadron's medical element.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
visualintel > DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- Senior Master Sgt. Michael Flake checks out the new, more ergonomic crew cabin seats being installed in Air Force Reserve Command HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters.  By the end of the year, all 15 of the command's HH-60Gs will have new seats as well as new fuel tanks in the crew cabin area, giving pararescue and special operations teams more space to operate during combat-search-and-rescue missions.  Sergeant Flake is the lead engineer for the seat replacement project and is assigned to the 305th Rescue Squadron here.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Fred Cusick) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
visualintel > A U.S. Air Force pararescueman ice-climbs through Alaskan glaciers and uses a pulley system and carriage to rescue a victim during a high angle/mountain-rescue training scenario near Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 15, 2006. The joint training is part of exercise Northern Edge 2006.  DoD photo by Maj. Andrew Reisenweber, U.S. Air Force. (Released) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
visualintel > BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- U.S. Air Force pararescuemen secure a landing zone here March 30. The pararescuemen  are from the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon II) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
visualintel > U.S. Airmen in the Pararescue Indoctrination Course at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, recover after completing buddy breathing training June 17, 2008. The 10 week course trains students through intense physical and mental training. The dropout rate during the Pararescue Indoctrination Course is typically 60-70 percent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Robbin Cresswell/Released) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
visualintel > Senior Airman Christopher Keen, 306th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, practices his shooting skills out on the range during a training day at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 28. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrea Wright) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
visualintel > KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Maj. Michael Ternus lifts nearly 500 pounds during a recent workout at the pararescue school's gym here. Performing "quick cleans" Major Ternus focuses on one of the nuances of this explosive sport requiring guided bursts of energy. He is an Olympic weightlifter and the 377th Logistics Readiness Squadron operations officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Markus M. Maier) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
visualintel > KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Sean Cole provides assistance to Tech. Sgt. Handel Stewart during a situational medical exercise here.  During training, pararescuemen "treated" wounded "Soldiers" ambushed by enemy forces.  The exercise is designed to test the combat medical skills of the Airmen.  The Airmen are assigned to the 31st Rescue Squadron.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
visualintel > Master Sgt. Doug Kestranek was part of an Air Force Reserve team who rescued people and pets from the flood waters of Hurricane Ike in a small Texas town Sept. 13. The reservists deployed from their home station of Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., with two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters and two HC-130P/N refueling aircraft, rescued 17 people, three Chihuahuas and two cats. Sergeant Kestranek is an Air Force Reserve pararescueman assigned to the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick AFB, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Paul Flipse) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Tech. Sgt. Gerry Lawrence inspects medical equipment used by pararescuemen with the 31st Rescue Squadron Airmen during water and ground training here. He is assigned to the squadron's medical element. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on http://www.visualintel.net)
visualintel > KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Tech. Sgt. Gerry Lawrence inspects medical equipment used by pararescuemen with the 31st Rescue Squadron Airmen during water and ground training here.  He is assigned to the squadron's medical element.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on  http://www.visualintel.net)
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Tech. Sgt. Gerry Lawrence inspects medical equipment used by pararescuemen with the 31st Rescue Squadron Airmen during water and ground training here. He is assigned to the squadron's medical element. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis) (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force; seen on http://www.visualintel.net)
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